Duran Homers as Red Sox Beat Angels 5-2

Jarren Duran led off the second with a home run and the Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Monday afternoon at Fenway Park, extending their winning streak to five. The Associated Press-style Field Level Media wire and the Boston Globe both tagged Duran's blast as the spark before Adley Rutschman piled on.

Duran got a first-pitch fastball from Grayson Rodriguez over the heart of the plate and drove it 425 feet to right for his 20th homer of the season, per the day-of reports. Boston already had the early lead. Minutes later, with two on and two out, Rutschman hooked a three-run shot off the Pesky Pole to make it 4-0. The second inning did the whole damage chart.

Bello's first start since June

Brayan Bello tossed five scoreless innings in his first start since June 4, per the Globe. That is the pitching half of a Monday that already looked like a stack of Fenway luck and timing. Rodriguez took the early punches. Boston's lineup only needed one big frame, and Duran's leadoff shot set the tone before Rutschman finished the inning against his former Orioles teammate.

The final line from the RotoWire box was Angels 2, Red Sox 5 on nine Boston hits and six Anaheim hits in 2 hours, 46 minutes under clear 77-degree weather. Los Angeles scratched across single runs in the sixth and eighth. It was never enough once Fenway's second inning went loud.

Streaking Sox, quiet Angels

Boston moved to 80-65. The Angels sat 54-90 after another loss on the road. Elsewhere on Monday's slate, Schwarber and Luzardo had already given Philadelphia a 1-0 clincher, and Jake Burger went deep for Texas. Fenway's version was louder and simpler: Duran's 20th to open the second, Rutschman's Pesky Pole three-run follow, and Bello calming the middle innings while the streak hit five.